Anywho... blew through Season 2 last weekend... I enjoyed it a lot more as a whole than I necessarily did on the original viewing. Extremely fired up for Season 3.

I was wondering about this, during season 2, I thought it would play out better this way. It will be tough, but I may wait and do this on HBO Go after season 3 is over or at least start it halfway through the season or at least after episode 1.

Haven't read the books and have only gotten through Season 1 and the first episode of Season 2. Enjoying this much more than I thought I would. Don't have all the names down yet but love the Imp. Surprised at many of the turns and treachery. Can't wait to catch up to the end of Season 2 in time to begin season 3. I'll be here more frequently once I do. Don't want to accidentally read any spoilers.

blackjack68 wrote:Haven't read the books and have only gotten through Season 1 and the first episode of Season 2. Enjoying this much more than I thought I would. Don't have all the names down yet but love the Imp. Surprised at many of the turns and treachery. Can't wait to catch up to the end of Season 2 in time to begin season 3. I'll be here more frequently once I do. Don't want to accidentally read any spoilers.

I've read none of the books, but i've watched every episode of the series at least twice. I don't have the names down, I suspect that I never will.

This is a great resource for fans. It has all the character info you could want, maps, family trees. The best part is it contains "Cliff's Notes" of every chapter from every book. You could read all the notes and have a really good idea of what is going on. It's also a great way to refresh the memories of those who have read before.

blackjack68 wrote:Haven't read the books and have only gotten through Season 1 and the first episode of Season 2. Enjoying this much more than I thought I would. Don't have all the names down yet but love the Imp. Surprised at many of the turns and treachery. Can't wait to catch up to the end of Season 2 in time to begin season 3. I'll be here more frequently once I do. Don't want to accidentally read any spoilers.

I've read none of the books, but i've watched every episode of the series at least twice. I don't have the names down, I suspect that I never will.

Learning names is worse in the books because every character, no matter how minor, is mentioned in a description of a room. For example, if there is a party, everyone will be mentioned. They also talk about historical characters a lot, and some of them have the same name as current characters.

I finished the 2nd book a long time before watching the 2nd season, so when I was watching it on HBO I could only compare general story lines and not every little detail, which made for a more pleasant experience for me. I thought the 2nd season was good, but I do feel that things strayed more form the book than the 1st season and I feel some things got lost.

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Not a big fan of how Jamie Lanister was let go in the HBO series. Having it happen in River Run and taking him out of the Dungeon would have been cool to see. Anther thing was Arya asking for help freeing the captured north men and then escaping would have been cool to see in the TV series.

i don't really have much beef with how the stories got changed in season 2, compared to the book.

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especially the danerys story. big whoop, the dragons didn't really get kidnapped. she ended up in the same place, and the story in the book wasn't any good anyways. there will probably be a lot of fudging of her story on the show since it's boring and/or repetitive as all hell in the book

shmenguin wrote:i don't really have much beef with how the stories got changed in season 2, compared to the book.

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especially the danerys story. big whoop, the dragons didn't really get kidnapped. she ended up in the same place, and the story in the book wasn't any good anyways. there will probably be a lot of fudging of her story on the show since it's boring and/or repetitive as all hell in the book

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Thank You Shmenguin, I really wasn't interested by Dany's story, at all, until book 5. I remember the first time I read through book 1 I eventually started skipping her chapters to find out what happened to all the other characters first.

I agree shmenguin I did not mind the difference in her story line for some reason. Also I feel I need to invest my time in her character in the early books because of the Dragons I feel she has to be important later on. I liked her chapters in the first book with the drogo, but I thought her chapters were pretty boring in the 2nd. I just started the 3rd book last month and wish I had more time to read.

shmenguin wrote:i don't really have much beef with how the stories got changed in season 2, compared to the book.

Spoiler:

especially the danerys story. big whoop, the dragons didn't really get kidnapped. she ended up in the same place, and the story in the book wasn't any good anyways. there will probably be a lot of fudging of her story on the show since it's boring and/or repetitive as all hell in the book

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It was handled poorly though... Her dragons are taken in one episode. She then spends the entire next episode saying " o, dragons, dragons, wherefore art thou dragons?". Then she isn't in the the next episode, then FINALLY part way through the last episode, she finally goes into the House of the Undying...